Charcoal furnace



B. BRANTLEY.

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APPLICATION FILED Aue.29, 1918. RENEWED JAN. 23, 1922.

1,427,055,, Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 11922.

Application filed. August 29, 1918, Serial No. 251,896. Renewed January 23, 1922. Serial No. 531,312.

To all whom it may cam era:

Be it known that l, Easels BRANTLEY, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Charcoal Furnaces, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has to do with charcoal furnaces; and it contemplates the provision of a charcoal-furnace rack, constructed and arranged with a view to safely holding charcoal furnaces, of different sizes, in such manner that the furnace can be readily moved from one point to another, and also witha view to supporting utensils in proper position above the furnace and so that, without lifting the utensil, access can be readlly gained to the upper end of the furnace for the purpose of replenishing the supply of charcoal therein or to change the position of the utensil relatively to the furnace.

Other objects and advantageous features of the invention. will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rack con.- structed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown with a charcoal furnace located on the furnace-supporting platform, and a pot positioned on the longitudinally-movable carriage.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the rack per se, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a plan of the same.

Figure 4C is transverse vertical section, taken in the plane indicated by the line d e of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective View of the adjustable frame.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

My novel rack comprises among other elements a body that is preferably rectangular in elevation and plan as illustrated. The said body is preferably formed of sheet metal. and its several parts are fixedly connected together through the medium of rivets or other suitable means. By comparison of the several figures of the drawing it will be readily understood as comprising an angle-iron top frame 1, an angle-iron bottom frame 2, angle-iron corner uprights 3, straplike braces a interposed between said frames and uprights, and angle-iron cross bars 5 interposed between the corner uprights 3, at the opposite ends, and spaced about the pro portional distance illustrated above the bottom frame 2. The horizontal portions of the bottom frame 2 are innermost as are the horizontal portions of the top frame 1 and cross-bars 5, for purposes hereinafter set forth. v The horizontal frame for supporting the charcoal furnace 6 is made up of longitudi nal angle-iron bars 7 arranged with their horizontal portions innermost, and braces 8 interposed between and connecting the bars 7. 'Said horizontal frame is adapted to be placed on and supported by either the horizontal portions of the end bars of the bottom frame 2 or the horizontal portions of the end cross bars 5, according to the height of the charcoal furnace which it is preferable to arrange with its upper end adjacent to the top frame 1 of the body.

Superimposed in and on the horizontal frame is a platform 9, preferably of sheet metal, which rests under the charcoal furnace 6, as shown. in order to prevent hot coals or ashes contacting with the floor on which the rack rests as well as to prevent discoloration of the floor from the heat.

At their lower ends the corner uprights 3 of the rack body are provided with wheels 10 so that the rack and the furnace therein may be readily moved from one point to another on the floor or other surface.

Movable longitudinally in and on the top frame 1 of the rack body is the carriage 11 for supporting a pct 12 or other utensil on the rack and in position over the furnace 6. The said carriage is wheeled, as indicated by 13, the wheels resting on the longitudinal. horizontal portions of the top frame 1, and hence it will be manifest that the pct 12 may be expeditiously and easily moved from over the furnace 6 as when it is desired to place fresh charcoal therein, and this without the necessity of the attendant lifting the said pot. It will be noticed, however, in this connection that the upstanding portion of the top frame 1 may be depended upon to prevent casual displacement of the carriage 11 from the rack body.

Any suitable means such for instance as a poker With a bent end may be conveniently used to move the rack as a Whole on a floor or other surface or to move the carriage l1 and the pot thereon longitudinally of the rack body.

An important advantage in addition to those hereinbefore ascribed to m novel rack resides in the fact that the rack is calculated to effectually prevent overturning of the charcoal furnace 6 and is also adapted to serve as a fender or guard in preventing contact between clothing and the furnace.

Manifestl'y my novel rack maybe used to advantage incidental to several purposes to Which the charcoal: furnace is" put, such, for instance, as heating Water, light cooking, and boiling laundry, and; in thisla'tter use there isobviously no necessity of lifting theheavy boiler containing clothes when the supply of charcoal in the furnace requires replenishing. Y Y

My novel. rack constitutes a useful house hold article, and! the specific construction herein disclosed has been found in practice to: give full satisfaction I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention such changes in the form and arrangement of parts may be made as do not depart from the scope of my invention as defined in' my appended claim.-

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In apparatus of the character described, an. upstanding frame, an upper retaining frame embodying longitudinal. and transverse angle irons, a carriage mounted Within the upper retaining frame to move longitudinally therein and prevented thereby from moving longitudinally out of said retaining frame, said carriage serving, to support the receptacle to be heated, upper and lower sets of angle irons arranged Within and extending transversely of the upstanding frame and secured thereto, a vertically adjustable: support frame embodying longitudinal angle irons having their flanges near their ends bent downwardly to form stops, said vertically adjustable frame being adapted to be arranged upon either upper or lower sets" of transverse angle irons and being adapted to be adjusted thereon transversely of the upstanding frame, and a plate adapted to be arranged Within the longitudinal angle irons of the vertically ad' justable frame and to be held against longitudinal displacement therein by said stops, said plate serving to support a charcoal furnace or the like. p

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

BESSIE BRANTLEY.

Witnesses:

J. A. BRANTLEY, FERD Ml FoLEY. 

